grab your crack fork

Welcome my first guest blogger, Miss Kathleen Patterson. Kathleen is an easy, breezy, beautiful cover girl visitor - her one request during her stay was to visit Momofuku Milk Bar. I am embarrassed to say that I have not been to any of the Momofuku empire restaurants in my 2 years here. So thanks to Kathleen for getting me to hop on the Momofuku train. I thought it only appropriate that she give her own personal review of Momofuku Milk Bar - take it away Kathleen!....

Does anyone else watch Regis and Kelly? No? Last month while Regis was having his hip replaced, (here's to a happy and healthy 2010, Regis!), the great Anderson Cooper filled in for him. I love Anderson Cooper and will heed any advice he gives. So when he raved about Momofuku Milk Bar, I knew I had to experience it for myself.

Meredith and I made our way down there on a very chilly Sunday afternoon. Even though it was freezing outside, lots of people were eating their oddly flavored ice creams (example flavors: salt and pepper, pb & j, cereal milk?). We didn't try any but heard good things about the cereal milk. The display case had some great looking cakes and pies, of which Meredith did not take a picture. I think she was trying to sabotage my guest post, but WHATEV.

compost cookie with momofuku (translated to "lucky peach") logo

Anderson specifically recommended the Crack Pie and the compost cookie. We got both. The compost cookie is exactly what it sounds like, lots of random ingredients: pretzels, potato chips, coffee, oats, butterscotch, chocolate chips. It was definitely good, but nothing to write home about. The Crack Pie however.. was definitely all it was CRACKED up to be. get it?! get it?! I can only describe it as the best oatmeal cookie you've ever had, but in pie form.

slice of crack pie: toasted oat crust, gooey butter filling

Momofuku Milk Bar
207 2nd ave. nyc 10003
corner of 13th and 2nd
monday -friday: 8:00 am - 12:00 am
saturday - sunday: 9:00 am - 12:00 am

Freshman 15

When I was a student at The University of Texas, we had a cookie delivery service called Tiff's Treats (All Austin and Dallas readers, order some NOW) Late night studying, birthdays, or simply because it was Tuesday afternoon were all reasons to send or receive warm cookies delivered to your dorm room. When I walked across the graduation stage, I thought I was walking away from the glorious concept of cookie delivery. Gracias a Dios, I was wrong. Turns out some fine folks in Pennsylvania had the same great idea, and expanded it to NYU.

I present Insomnia Cookies

I can now eat and feel like a college student all over again with these freshly baked, warm, gooey, delicious cookies delivered any hour of the day or night. Not only that, but after opening their retail shop (pictured below) at 50 W. 8th St., near Macdougal St., you can burn calories walking there.

WARM COOKIES. DELIVERED. LATE NITE.

Cookie flavors range from the basic for $1.00 each (sugar, peanut butter, chocolate chunk, M&M, snickerdoodle, oatmeal raisin, white chocolate macadamia) to deluxe for $2.25 each (TRIPLE chocolate chunk, peanut butter chocolate, and smore's). Or, if you want to get really aggressive, you can order the "Menage a Trois" - your choice of any three flavors baked

TOGETHER. IN ONE. COOKIE.
Photo: Melissa Hom

So whether you're staying warm on your couch, welcoming someone to the neighborhood, walking home at 3 a.m. from Village Tavern, or because it's simply Tuesday afternoon, send and treat yourself to Insomnia Cookies - and order a chocolate chunk for me!

Insomnia Cookies
50 West 8th StreetNew York, NY 10011
Between 6th Avenue and MacDougall Street.
212.228.2373
Retail Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 AM
Delivery Time: 6:00 PM - 2:30 AM
Minimum for delivery: $6.00 Estimated delivery time: 30-40 minutes
Delivery Zone: from Broome St. to 14th St, and Ave. A to Washington Ave.